French & Italian Studies is delighted to welcome Assistant Professor of French Hannah Frydman to the department and to the University of Washington.
Frydman is joining the UW community after spending the past year as the Shauna M. Stark '76, P'10 Postdoctoral Research Associate in Gender Studies at Brown University’s Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women, where she participated in the seminar “Narrating Debt.” She grew up in Kansas, got her B.A. in French Studies and History in… Read more
Teaching Professor Hedwige Meyer and Associate Teaching Professor Lorenzo Giachetti have adapted and published an introductory French language textbook from Éditions Maison des Langues.
Défi Francophone 1 published earlier this year, is currently being taught in UW's first year French language courses. Using this book, students will be immersed in French and classes will be taught using the task-based… Read more
We are pleased to announce that Associate Professor of French Louisa Mackenzie has co-edited a forthcoming book in French on non-binary identities in the French language. Edited together with Professor Vinay Swamy of Vassar College, Devenir non-binaire en français contemporain (Becoming non-binary in contemporary French) will be published in February 2022 by the academic press… Read more
Assistant Professor Anna Preus (Department of English, Humanities Data Science) and Associate Professor Geoffrey Turnovsky (Department of French & Italian Studies, Textual Studies Program) are the latest guests on the English department's "Literature, Language, Culture" series, where they discuss the value of Digital Humanities with host C. R. Grimmer (Department of English, Simpson Center for the Humanities). Their conversation includes how instructors and students make use of the Text… Read more
The Department of French & Italian Studies would like to congratulate our graduating seniors! The class of 2021 has shown true dedication and perseverance to finish their bachelors degrees in a very challenging time. We would also like to acknowledge and thank the families of the graduates for their support and patience during this year.
To celebrate our graduates, FIS held a virtual graduation ceremony on Friday, Jun 11th, which we recorded live in Denny Hall on campus and broadcast over… Read more
We are pleased to announce the winners of the first ever French & Italian Studies Academic Awards. Over 20 students submitted projects completed in French & Italian Studies courses during the 2020-2021 year. All of the winning projects showed original thinking and excellent understanding of the material and the Department of French & Italian Studies would like to commend all of the students who submitted projects during this challenging academic year. We would also like to thank… Read more
We are very pleased to announce the winners of the second annual French & Italian Studies Academic Awards! All students who have enrolled in a French & Italian Studies course during the 2021-2022 academic year were eligible to submit one project completed in a FIS course. Examples of submissions could be recorded presentations, well-written and researched papers, or other creative projects that exhibit innovation (in any format or medium). A FIS faculty committee review the submitted… Read more